Sonia Purnell

Purnell in 2019 at the Chiswick Book Festival

Sonia Purnell is a British writer and journalist who has worked at The Economist , The Daily Telegraph , and The Sunday Times . Her books include Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill, which was chosen as book of the year by The Telegraph and The Independent , and was a finalist for the Plutarch Award. She also wrote The Kingmaker, a biography or Pamela Harriman.

She also wrote the book and screenplay for the future film about Virginia Hall – A Woman of No Importance, produced by J. J. Abrams. ^{[1] [2]} It was chosen as a "Best Book of the Year" by NPR. ^[3]

Bibliography

Year	Title	Ref.
2012	Just Boris: A Tale of Blond Ambition - A Biography of Boris Johnson	[4]
2015	Clementine: The Life of Mrs. Winston Churchill	[5]
2019	A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of Virginia Hall, WWII’s Most Dangerous Spy	[6]
2024	Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue	[7]

References

1. "Sonia Purnell | Penguin Random House". Penguinrandomhouse.com.
2. "Sonia Purnell". Soniapurnell.com.
3. "'A Woman Of No Importance' Finally Gets Her Due". NPR.org.
4. "Just Boris by Sonia Purnell – review". TheGuardian.com . 27 March 2012.
5. Vaill, Amanda (4 December 2015). "'Clementine: The Life of MRS. Winston Churchill,' by Sonia Purnell". The New York Times.
6. Herron, Mick (24 May 2019). "The Coolheaded, One-Legged Spy Who Changed the Course of World War II". The New York Times.
7. Lewis, Roger (14 September 2024). "Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell review — Pamela Harriman, Churchill's secret weapon". The Times.